Guest Post by Tamlyn Tomita: UZUMASA LIMELIGHT a Must-See

UZUMASA LIMELIGHT is a Japanese movie that my mom and I absolutely loved.

The film is only playing for a week starting tonight, December 5, in Los Angeles. Screenings will only be extended if it brings in audiences. I rarely, if ever, tell people to go see a film or watch a TV show, but this one is special.

UZUMASA LIMELIGHT is a Japanese movie about a kirare-yaku, an actor who acts in samurai films and specializes in sword-fighting and dying and mentors a young actress. If you are a fan of chambara and jidaigeki, or samurai films, this film was made for you.

UZUMASA is directed by Ken Ochiai, a Japanese director who studied film at USC and stars Seizo Fukumoto, who has been acting for 50 years specializing in this cinema art form, but UZUMASA is his very first starring role. It’s also the first film for the lead actress, Chihiro Yamamoto.

The film is subtitled “Hope for the Next Generation” and is sweet, touching, and thoughtful. Very Japanese in tone and storytelling, it is beautifully telling of the Japanese heart and soul.

UZUMASA is in Japanese with English subtitles and in very limited release playing at: Laemmle Royal in Santa Monica, Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, and Edwards Westpark 8 in Irvine. Only 20 theaters in North America are screening the film from now through December 11. Screenings after these dates will be subject to change. Check theaters for showtimes.

Please go to uzumasalimelight.com for more information. Thanks for reading, and I hope you get to see UZUMASA LIMELIGHT!